City | Utica, New York |
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Broadcast area | Mohawk Valley |
Branding | WIBX and wibx950.com |
Slogan | Your News, Talk, and Sports Leader |
Frequency | 950 kHz |
First air date | December 5, 1925 |
Format | News/talk |
Power | 5,000 watts |
Class | B |
Facility ID | 168 |
Transmitter coordinates | 43°6′12.00″N 75°20′31.00″W / 43.1033333°N 75.3419444°W |
Former frequencies | 1460 kHz (1925-1926) 1280 kHz (1926-1927) 1260 kHz (1927-1928) 1200 kHz (1928-1941) 1230 kHz (1941-1948) |
Affiliations |
Premiere Radio Networks Westwood One Network Salem Radio Network Fox News Radio |
Owner |
Townsquare Media (Townsquare Media Licensee of Utica/Rome, Inc.) |
Sister stations | WLZW, WFRG-FM, WODZ-FM |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | wibx950.com |
WIBX (950 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station in Utica, New York. The station airs a talk radio format and is owned by Townsquare Media as part of a cluster with adult contemporary WLZW, country music WFRG-FM, and classic hits WODZ.
WIBX is one of Central New York's oldest radio stations. Its studios and offices are on River Road in Marcy, New York. Its transmitter towers are off Clark Mills Road in Whitesboro, New York. WIBX broadcasts at 5000 watts around the clock but uses a directional antenna system to avoid interfering with other stations on AM 950.
Weekday mornings begin with a local news and talk program hosted by longtime Central New York media personality Bill Keeler. The rest of the day, WIBX primarily broadcasts nationally syndicated conservative talk programming from Premiere Networks, Westwood One and other syndicators. The Rush Limbaugh Show, The Sean Hannity Show, Brian Kilmeade, Larry Elder, Jim Bohannon, and Coast to Coast AM with George Noory all air weekdays on WIBX. On weekends the station carries Hugh Hewitt, Clark Howard, The Kim Komando Show, Joe Pags, Bob Brinker and Handel on the Law.